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#1 Coal

Ridgetop Development LLC · Surface

Controlled by Robert S Toller

Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Temporarily Idled

MSHA Mine ID: 4407362

#1 has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

1

Years on record

2016

Latest incident

Aug 2016

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2016

62

citations

24

significant & substantial

$22,865

proposed penalties

$20,927

paid to date

92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,938 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2016

19

inspections on record

666

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 666 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#1 has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$23K

proposed penalties

$21K

current assessed

$21K

paid to date

$118

outstanding

61 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-17.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 90 samples.

Health sampling

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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Respirable coal dust

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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.

0.15

dust avg (mg/m3)

1.07

dust max (mg/m3)

100%

within 1.5 mg/m3

90

samples

Most recent sample: 2019-03-19.

Silica (quartz)

40.4

silica avg (%)

69.0

silica max (%)

7

samples

Most recent sample: 2018-08-27.

Noise

0%

over PEL

20

samples

Most recent sample: 2019-03-19.

Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3	0	0	0
2022 Q1	0	0	0
2021 Q4	0	0	0
2021 Q3	0	0	0
2021 Q2	0	0	0
2021 Q1	0	0	0
2020 Q4	0	0	0
2020 Q3	0	0	0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2	0	0	0
2019 Q4	0	0	0
2019 Q3	0	1	0
2019 Q2	0	0	0
2019 Q1	0	8	2
2018 Q4	3,271	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	14,039	7	3	498.6
2018 Q2	19,184	2	0	104.3
2018 Q1	18,881	11	3	582.6
2017 Q4	18,485	2	0	108.2
2017 Q3	19,168	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	20,824	3	3	144.1
2017 Q1	18,890	9	4	476.4
2016 Q4	16,560	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	16,901	11	6	650.8
2016 Q2	10,806	2	2	185.1
2016 Q1	5,607	6	1	1070.1

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2016 · 1 incident

August 22, 2016 VA · Coal FIRE

Ridgetop Development LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Machine was working, loading hay, trucks in pit #51 when a truck driver observed fire dripping from the belly pan, causing was determined to be a ruptured fuel line.

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